Heh you just blew through that eh?
I really like how Spike kind of inserted himself into the group throughout those final episodes besides nobody really wanting him there.
I love the reactions to Buffy at the end of the episode, especially Spikes.
Bit of a discussion. It's not really spoilerish, but I'd understand if you simply don't like having discussions with people who've seen the whole series and thus don't want to hear things from this perspective, so I'll black it out and you can read if you like.
They always say vampires can't care about another being. Angel actually says that a lot, and you'd think he'd know; being a vampire. But it's mostly because Angelus and Darla weren't capable of love. I don't think that's the case with all vampires though.
I think the chip/soul thing you've brought up is kind of an interesting comparison, but I wouldn't say same difference. Angel's soul makes him regret and be horrified of killing, and thus causes him to not kill anyone anymore. It's a fundamental change to his personality that caused him to stop killing. With Spike, the chip prevents him from killing. It doesn't change his desire to kill everybody. You might recall a scene in season 4 where he's living in Xander's basement and gets annoyed, and tries to bash Xanders skull in from behind with a wrench. He still wants to do those things, but he can't. The result is the same, both stopped killing, but only one started with a shift in his personality to cause that.
But it may work the other way. Now that Spike can't kill everybody, he's spending time with them and being sort of "domesticated". Getting used to these people and, especially in the case of Buffy, starting to care about them. So Angel began caring about people and thus stopped killing, whereas Spike had to stop killing people and, through spending time with people, started caring about them. It's in reverse!
I think it's an interesting comparison.
Also.
"The slayer's a robot! Did anybody know the slayer is a robot?"
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The batman villians all seem to be one big joke that batman refuses to laugh at - SantaRPG